With the following Western Civilization Declaration, our intention is to make a strong case in the public for the foundations of our civilization still being an appropriate guide for the future of humanity. The patrons of the declaration are\u00a0V\u00e1clav Klaus,\u00a0Javier Milei and Jordan Peterson. We publish the declaration together with the names of 106 invited initial supporters. Over and above these persons, we are grateful to\u00a0Guido H\u00fclsmann and Thorsten Polleit for their help in organizing the declaration as well as Olivier Kessler for the publication via the Liberal Institute.<\/p>\n
Madrid and Lausanne, 1 October 2024<\/p>\n
Philipp Bagus and Michael Esfeld<\/p>\n
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Nuestra intenci\u00f3n, mediante la siguiente Declaraci\u00f3n de Occidente, es defender ante la opini\u00f3n p\u00fablica los fundamentos de nuestra civilizaci\u00f3n, la cual es a\u00fan una gu\u00eda apropiada para el futuro de la humanidad. Los patrocinadores de la Declaraci\u00f3n son V\u00e1clav Kalus, Javier Milei y Jordan Peterson. La Declaraci\u00f3n es publicada junto con los nombres de 106 firmantes iniciales invitados. Entre todos ellos, agradecemos en particular a Guido H\u00fclsmann y Thorsten Polleit por su ayuda en la organizaci\u00f3n de la Declaraci\u00f3n, as\u00ed como tambi\u00e9n a Olivier Kessler por su publicaci\u00f3n mediante el Instituto Liberal.<\/p>\n
Madrid y Lausanne, 1 de octubre, 2024.<\/p>\n
Philipp Bagus y Michael Esfeld<\/p>\n
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We are concerned about the direction that Western Civilization is taking. While there are currently powerful ideological-political forces at work that are about to destroy this civilization from within, we are convinced that many of its achievements still have the potential to serve as a guide for a just, peaceful and prosperous future for the whole of humanity:<\/p>\n
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Against the backdrop of these facts, we are convinced that continuing on the path of scientific, technological, economic and cultural progress within the Western civilization\u2019s framework of individual freedoms, private property, and the rule of law is the only way to preserve the past achievements while coping with the challenges of our times and building a just, peaceful and prosperous future for the whole of humankind.<\/p>\n
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V\u00e1clav Klaus, Former President of the Czech Republic<\/p>\n
Javier Milei, President of Argentina<\/p>\n
Jordan Peterson, Professor of Psychology<\/p>\n
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Philipp Bagus, Professor of Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, philipp.bagus@urjc.es<\/p>\n
Michael Esfeld, Professor of Philosophy, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, michael.esfeld@unil.ch<\/p>\n
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Estamos preocupados por la direcci\u00f3n que la civilizaci\u00f3n occidental est\u00e1 tomando. Y aunque existan en la actualidad fuerzas pol\u00edtico-ideol\u00f3gicas en funcionamiento que est\u00e1n a punto de destruirla desde su interior, estamos convencidos de que muchos de sus logros a\u00fan tienen el potencial de guiarnos hacia un futuro justo, pac\u00edfico y pr\u00f3spero para toda la humanidad.<\/p>\n
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V\u00e1clav Klaus, Anitguo Presidente de la Rep\u00fablica Checa<\/p>\n
Javier Milei, Presidente de la Rep\u00fablica Argentina<\/p>\n
Jordan Peterson, Profesor de Psicolog\u00eda<\/p>\n
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Philipp Bagus, Profesor de Econom\u00eda, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Espa\u00f1a, philipp.bagus@urjc.es<\/p>\n
Michael Esfeld, Profesor de Filosof\u00eda, Universidad de Lausanne, Suiza, michael.esfeld@unil.ch<\/p>\n
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Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, Professor of Applied Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Javier Aranzadi, Professor of Economic Theory and History, Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Andr\u00e9 Azevedo Alves, Professor of Political Science, St. Mary\u2019s University Twickenham, London, UK<\/p>\n
Philipp Bagus, Professor of Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Luigi Marco Bassani, Professor of History of Political Thought, Universit\u00e0 Telematica Pegaso, Rome, Italy<\/p>\n
Miguel Anxo Bastos Boubeta, Professor of Political Science, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain<\/p>\n
Konstantin Beck, Professor of Health Economics, University of Lucerne, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Alberto Benegas Lynch, Presidente de la Secci\u00f3n Ciencias Econ\u00f3micas, Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n
Ralf B. Bergmann, Professor of Physics, Bremen, Germany<\/p>\n
Mar\u00eda Blanco Gonz\u00e1lez, Professor of History of Economic Thought, Universidad CEU-San Pablo, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Hardy Bouillon, Professor of Philosophy, Trier, Germany<\/p>\n
Andreas Brenner, Professor for Philosophy, Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Per Bylund, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA<\/p>\n
Paul Cullen, Professor of Laboratory Medicine, University of M\u00fcnster, Germany<\/p>\n
Gerald Dyker, Professor of Chemistry, University of Bochum, Germany<\/p>\n
David Engels, Professor of History, Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n
Michael Esfeld, Professor of Philosophy, University of Lausanne, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Eduardo Fern\u00e1ndez Lui\u00f1a, Professor of Political Studies, Universidad Francisco Marroqu\u00edn, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Bernado Ferrero, Economist, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Egon Flaig, Professor emeritus of Ancient History, University of Rostock, Germany<\/p>\n
Gunter Frank, Physician and Ppublicist, Heidelberg, Germany<\/p>\n
Carlos A. Gebauer, Specialist lawyer for medical law, Deputy Chairman of the Hayek Society and Deputy Chairman of the North Rhine-Westphalia Bar Court, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/p>\n
Bogdan Gl\u0103van, Professor of Economics, Romanian-American University, Bucharest, Rom\u00e2nia<\/p>\n
Le\u00f3n Gomez Rivas, Profesor of Ethics and History of Economic Thought, Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Gudrun G\u00fcnzel, Pediatrician, Dresden, Germany<\/p>\n
Reinhard G\u00fcnzel, Physicist and Entrepreneur, Dresden, Germany<\/p>\n
Andreas Heisler, Physician and Publicist, Ebikon, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Laurent Heisten, Avocat \u00e0 la Cour, Luxembourg<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Herbener, Professor of Economics, Grove City College, Pennsylvania, USA<\/p>\n
Stefan Homburg, Professor emeritus of Public Finance, University of Hannover, Germany<\/p>\n
Guido H\u00fclsmann, Professor of Economics, University of Angers, France<\/p>\n
Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto, Professor of Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Karl-Friedrich Israel, Professor of Economics, Universit\u00e9 Catholique de l\u2019Ouest, Angers, France<\/p>\n
Nathalie Janson, Professor of Economics, Neoma Business School, Paris, France<\/p>\n
Axel Kaiser, Presidente de la Fundaci\u00f3n para el Progreso, Santiago, Chile<\/p>\n
Eric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics, University of Buckingham, UK<\/p>\n
Olivier Kessler, Managing Director of the Liberal Institute, Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Kay Klapproth, Biologist and Science Publicist, Heidelberg, Germany<\/p>\n
Peter Klein, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA<\/p>\n
Marcus Knaup, Private Docent in Philosophy, Hagen, Germany<\/p>\n
J\u00f6rg Knoblauch, Honorary Professor, Entrepreneur and Publicist, Giengen, Germany<\/p>\n
Barbara Kolm, Economist and Director of the Friedrich von Hayek Institute, Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n
Robert C. Koons, Professor of Philosophy, University of Austin, Texas, USA<\/p>\n
Sandra Kostner, Historian, University of Education Schw\u00e4bisch Gm\u00fcnd & Chair of the Network for Academic Freedom, Germany<\/p>\n
Boris Kotchoubey, Professor emeritus of Medical Psychology, University of T\u00fcbingen, Germany<\/p>\n
Markus Krall, Entrepreneur and Publicist, Hauptwil, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Martin Krause, Professor of Economics, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n
Philipp Kruse, Attorney at Law, Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Axel Bernd Kunze, Private Docent in Educational Science, University of Bonn, Germany<\/p>\n
Daniel Lacalle, Economist, London, UK<\/p>\n
Christian Langer, Entrepreneur, President of the Hayek Club Trier-Luxembourg, Germany<\/p>\n
Vera Lengsfeld, Publicist, Sondershausen, Germany<\/p>\n
Kurt R. Leube, Professor emeritus of Economics, Academic Director of the European Centre for Austrian Economics Foundation, Stanford, USA<\/p>\n
Manuel Llamas, Executive Director of the Instituto Juan de Mariana, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Cristian Lopez, Philosopher, University of Lausanne, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Carlo Lottieri, Professor of Philosophy of Law, Universit\u00e0 Telematica Pegaso, Rome, Italy<\/p>\n
Christoph L\u00fctge, Professor of Business Ethics, Technical University of Munich, Germany<\/p>\n
Cristian Manolachi, Historian, Cluj-Napoca, Rom\u00e2nia<\/p>\n
Antonio Mart\u00ednez Gonz\u00e1lez, Professor of Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Cristobal Matar\u00e1n, Professor of Economics, Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
J\u00f6rg Matysik, Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Germany<\/p>\n
Thomas Mayer, Economist, Director of the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute, Cologne, Germany<\/p>\n
Michael Meyen, Professor of Communication, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany<\/p>\n
Alberto Mingardi, Professor of History of Political Thought, IULM University Milan, Italy<\/p>\n
Daniel Model, Entrepreneur, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Liberal Institute, Triesen, Liechtenstein<\/p>\n
Gustavo Morales-Alonso, Professor of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Jos\u00e9 Manuel Moreira, Professor of Electronics and Telecommunication, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal<\/p>\n
Gerd Morgenthaler, Professor of Law, University of Siegen, Germany<\/p>\n
Benjamin Mudlack, Entrepreneur, Member of the Board of the Atlas Initiative, Salzbergen, Germany<\/p>\n
Antony M\u00fcller, Professor of Economics, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil<\/p>\n
Gabriel Mursa, Professor of Economics and International Relations, University Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Ia\u015fi, Rom\u00e2nia<\/p>\n
Dietrich Murswiek, Professor emeritus of Public Law, University of Freiburg, Germany<\/p>\n
Robert Nef, Publicist, St. Gallen, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Max Otte, Professor of Political Economy and Entrepreneur, Cologne, Germany<\/p>\n
Cristian P\u0103un, Professor of Economics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Rom\u00e2nia<\/p>\n
HSH Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein<\/p>\n
Thorsten Polleit, Professor of Economics, University of Bayreuth and President of the Mises Institute, Germany<\/p>\n
Jean-Claude Pont, Professor emeritus of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Geneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Adri\u00e1n Ravier, Professor of Economics, Universidad del CEMA, Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n
Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Professor of History of Economic Thought, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Peter Ruch, Retired Pastor and Publicist, K\u00fcssnacht am Rigi, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Roberto Salinas Le\u00f3n, Director of the Atlas Network Center for Latin America, Mexico City<\/p>\n
David Sanz Bas, Professor of Economics, Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de \u00c1vila, Spain<\/p>\n
Andreas Schnepf, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of T\u00fcbingen, Germany<\/p>\n
Dieter Sch\u00f6necker, Professor of Philosophy, University of Siegen, Germany<\/p>\n
Christian Schubert, Professor of Medical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria<\/p>\n
Andrea Seaman, President of the Free Speech Union Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Sigmund Selberg, Professor of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Norway<\/p>\n
Wolfgang Stoelzle, formerly Professor of Logistics Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Andr\u00e9 Thess, Professor of Energy Storage, University of Stuttgart, Germany<\/p>\n
Andreas Tiedtke, Doctor of Law, Member of the Executive Board of the Ludwig von Mises Institut Deutschland, Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany<\/p>\n
Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow, Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, USA<\/p>\n
Mihai Vladimir Topan, Professor of Economics, University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Rom\u00e2nia<\/p>\n
Cristinel Trandafir, Professor of Social Sciences, University of Craiova, Rom\u00e2nia<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Tucker, Brownstone Institute, Austin, Texas, USA<\/p>\n
Tobias Unruh, Professor of Physics, University of Erlangen-N\u00fcnberg, Germany<\/p>\n
Eric P. Verrecchia, Professor emeritus of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Carola Freiin von Villiez, Professor of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway<\/p>\n
Daniel von Wachter, Professor of Philosophy, Mauren, Liechtenstein<\/p>\n
Gerhard Wagner, Professor of Sociology, Goethe University, Frankfurt (Main), Germany<\/p>\n
Karla Wagner, President of the Hayek Club Weimar, Germany<\/p>\n
Harald Walach, Professorial Research Fellow, Next Society Institute, Kazimieras Simonavicius University Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n
John Waters, Publicist, Dublin, Ireland<\/p>\n
Erich Weede, Professor emeritus of Sociology, University of Bonn, Germany<\/p>\n
Roland Wiesendanger, Professor of Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n
Toby Young, Director, The Free Speech Union, London, UK<\/p>\n
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